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January 1

Special character ⑆ in Unicode

⑆ is one of several characters used for magnetic ink character recognition, e.g. on US checks (cheques), and it's included in ISO 2033. The character appears in ABA routing transit number, with a note saying "if your computer can't display this image, click this link to see it" with a link going to a standard Unicode page. I've uploaded a screenshot of this image (see right) to replace the link, since almost everyone can see images, but I don't know how to categorise it at Commons: c:Category:Unicode is subdivided in ways that I don't understand, so I've just put it at the top level. Could someone move it into the appropriate subcategory, or at least let me know here where it should go? Thank you. Nyttend (talk) 01:44, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

@Nyttend: It should go it c:Category:Unicode 2440-245F Optical Character Recognition. I have not moved it there myself, because there is already an almost identical file in that category (File:OCR branch bank identification.svg). You may want to compare the files, and then decide if you think both should be kept, or something else. Sorry I couldn't be of more help --DannyS712 (talk) 07:27, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

No problem; that's just what I needed. I'll keep the PNG file, since we often have both PNG and SVG files for identical topics, but I've replaced the PNG in the article where I was using it. Thank you. Nyttend (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

File Viewer: Any opinion about this application?

This non-Microsoft application promises to open and analyze 300+ files. If it is true and there is no gimmick here, this application might be very useful. I want to know if it is not malware? --AboutFace 22 (talk) 17:27, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

VirusTotal is your friend. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2019 (UTC)